Whenever I visit a different country, I like to visit the grocery store to see what they have that we don't and vice versa. So, today I strolled over to the nearest ASDA (which stands for ASquith and DAiries), now a subdivision of Wal[gack]Mart.In the US, there may be a few unique brand names, but the selection of products is relatively the same (let's say 85% the same). In the UK, they have a lot of different stuff. Things I've noticed:
- They loves them some beans in tomato sauce - half an aisle dedicated to them
- There seems to be less junk food in the aisles
- They have at least 12 flavours of yogurt, maybe more - some even have layers of 3 flavours
- Long shelf life milk (Ultra Heat Treated) is common
- Their 'take away' selection has a distinctly culturally rich diversity - stuff I've never seen before
- Iced tea and gingerale - rare - what's up with that?
- They're not called 'English' muffins, they're just called muffins - but what we call muffins are still muffins too
- Cans of Heinz macaroni and cheese [gack!]
I am such a grocery store whore. It could be because I work in the grocery industry...ya think?
ReplyDeleteI think that is the first time I've ever seen the words 'grocery store whore' consecutively in one sentence. Maybe even the same paragraph. Nicely done.
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